\Header{optimize}{One Dimensional Optimization}
\alias{optimise}{optimize}
\keyword{optimize}{optimize}
\begin{Description}\relax
The function \code{optimize} searches the interval from
\code{lower} to \code{upper} for a minimum or maximum of
the function \code{f} with respect to its first argument.

\code{optimise} is an alias for \code{optimize}.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
optimize(f = , interval = , lower = min(interval),
        upper = max(interval), maximum = FALSE,
        tol = .Machine$double.eps^0.25, ...)
optimise(f = , interval = , lower = min(interval),
        upper = max(interval), maximum = FALSE,
        tol = .Machine$double.eps^0.25, ...)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{f}] the function to be optimized. The function is
either minimized or maximized over its first argument
depending on the value of \code{maximum}.
\item[\code{interval}] a vector containing the end-points of the interval
to be searched for the minimum.
\item[\code{lower}] the lower end point of the interval
to be searched.
\item[\code{upper}] the upper end point of the interval
to be searched.
\item[\code{maximum}] logical. Should we maximize or minimize (the default)?
\item[\code{tol}] the desired accuracy.
\item[\code{...}] additional arguments to \code{f}.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
The method used is a combination of golden section search and
successive parabolic interpolation.  Convergence is never much slower
than that for a Fibonacci search.  If \code{f} has a continuous second
derivative which is positive at the minimum (which is not at \code{lower} or
\code{upper}), then convergence is superlinear, and usually of the
order of about 1.324.

The function \code{f} is never evaluated at two points closer together
than \eqn{\epsilon}{eps *}\eqn{ |x_0| + (tol/3)}{}, where
\eqn{\epsilon}{eps} is approximately \code{sqrt(\Link{.Machine}\$double.eps)}
and \eqn{x_0}{} is the final abscissa \code{optimize()\$minimum}.\\
If \code{f} is a unimodal function and the computed values of \code{f}
are always unimodal when separated by at least \eqn{\epsilon}{eps *}
\eqn{ |x| + (tol/3)}{}, then \eqn{x_0}{} approximates the abcissa of the
global minimum of \code{f} on the interval \code{lower,upper} with an
error less than \eqn{\epsilon}{eps *}\eqn{ |x_0|+ tol}{}.\\
If \code{f} is not unimodal, then \code{optimize()} may approximate a
local, but perhaps non-global, minimum to the same accuracy.

The first evaluation of \code{f} is always at
\eqn{x_1 = a + (1-\phi)(b-a)}{} where \code{(a,b) = (lower, upper)} and
\eqn{\phi = (\sqrt 5 - 1)/2 = 0.61803..}{} is the golden section ratio.
Almost always, the second evaluation is at \eqn{x_2 = a + \phi(b-a)}{}.
Note that a local minimum inside \eqn{[x_1,x_2]}{} will be found as
solution, even when \code{f} is constant in there, see the last
example.

It uses a C translation of Fortran code (from Netlib) based on the
Algol 60 procedure \code{localmin} given in the reference.\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
A list with components \code{minimum} (or \code{maximum})
and \code{objective} which give the location of the minimum (or maximum)
and the value of the function at that point.\end{Value}
\begin{References}\relax
Brent, R. (1973)
\emph{Algorithms for Minimization without Derivatives.}
Englewood Cliffs N.J.: Prentice-Hall.\end{References}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{nlm}}, \code{\Link{uniroot}}.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
f <- function (x,a) (x-a)^2
xmin <- optimize(f, c(0, 1), tol = 0.0001, a = 1/3)
xmin

## See where the function is evaluated:
optimize(function(x) x^2*(print(x)-1), l=0, u=10)

## "wrong" solution with unlucky interval and piecewise constant f():
f  <- function(x) ifelse(x > -1, ifelse(x < 4, exp(-1/abs(x - 1)), 10), 10)
fp <- function(x) { print(x); f(x) }

plot(f, -2,5, ylim = 0:1, col = 2)
optimize(fp, c(-4, 20))# doesn't see the minimum
optimize(fp, c(-7, 20))# ok
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

